Year: 2011

Back in 2007, both KPRC-2 and KHOU-11 alerted viewers to MayorWhiteChiefHurtt’s interest in unmanned aerial drones. KPRC’s Stephen Dean even found the top-secret location in Waller County where HPD and Department of Homeland Security officials

In today’s Chronicle, Bill King continues his discussion of public pension woes. This time, King explains that the City of Houston’s pension problems are much worse than a review of the various pensions’ outdated financial

And he raises a very interesting question that probably isn’t going to make the local tax-and-spend crowd very happy: County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez has asked County Attorney Vince Ryan for an opinion on whether the

Pedestrian hit by car shoved into moving Metro train: If only METRO had unveiled the safety-wrapped Danger Train yesterday, this accident might not have happened.

In addition to METRO’s latest initiative, we found a few other area government *ahem* initiatives that have earned a little attention: Inside Houston’s Half-Million-Dollar Pothole Buggy (Swamplot) Never, EVER underestimate your local government’s ability to

It appears the Old METRO safety strategy of having former Chief Lambert run in front of the TV cameras and scream that Houston drivers are stupid wasn’t working as METRO had hoped, so the New

Good news! According to KHOU-11, HPD’s disastrous Crime Lab is finally, at long last, headed in the right direction: HPD’s troubled crime labs could finally be on the right track. A new report presented in

In today’s Chronicle, Bill King continues his discussion of public pension woes. This week, he offers this observation: [A]lmost every government has some mechanism that is intended to limit politicians’ power to incur public debt.

The Chron‘s Love and Relationship blogger at Mom Houston (and a Chron BRIGHT!) Mary Jo Rapini offered her deep thoughts on the problem of premature ejaculation a few days ago. According to Rapini, “masturbation is

The Examiner newspapers have added their voice to the criticism of the decision by HISD’s inexperienced new PR staffer Jason Spencer to release an important audit to his old buddies at the Chronicle (and brief